Best Cities for Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendantss

Cities ranked by purchasing power — where locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendantss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.

How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.

#	Location	Score	Raw Salary	Adjusted Salary	Rent/Income
1	MontanaState	1.44	$50,370	$52,251	27%
2	HawaiiState	1.28	$51,100	$46,455	56%
3	District of ColumbiaState	1.22	$50,440	$44,129	50%
4	WashingtonState	1.22	$47,500	$44,268	48%
5	CaliforniaState	1.16	$46,560	$42,060	58%
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAMetro	1.14	$47,500	$41,557	56%
7	Rhode IslandState	1.13	$41,250	$41,045	44%
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro	1.13	$47,650	$40,901	57%
9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMetro	1.12	$42,870	$40,520	47%
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDMetro	1.11	$41,690	$40,280	46%
11	IllinoisState	1.10	$38,890	$39,928	40%
12	PennsylvaniaState	1.09	$38,460	$39,649	40%
13	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAMetro	1.09	$47,450	$39,476	79%
14	Columbus, OHMetro	1.06	$36,020	$38,524	43%
15	Pittsburgh, PAMetro	1.06	$35,610	$38,497	40%
16	MassachusettsState	1.04	$40,770	$37,576	66%
17	ConnecticutState	1.03	$40,260	$37,416	47%
18	NevadaState	1.01	$36,620	$36,547	48%
19	VirginiaState	1.01	$38,010	$36,725	50%
20	OregonState	1.00	$37,520	$36,427	51%
21	South CarolinaState	1.00	$33,250	$36,141	45%
22	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXMetro	1.00	$35,420	$36,440	54%
23	ArizonaState	0.99	$36,400	$36,075	49%
24	ColoradoState	0.99	$37,690	$35,759	59%
25	GeorgiaState	0.99	$33,430	$35,792	51%
26	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCMetro	0.99	$34,510	$36,023	52%
27	MaineState	0.98	$35,620	$35,691	44%
28	MarylandState	0.98	$38,840	$35,568	52%
29	TexasState	0.98	$34,100	$35,669	49%
30	North CarolinaState	0.97	$33,140	$35,106	47%
31	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVMetro	0.97	$39,750	$35,239	60%
32	FloridaState	0.96	$35,290	$34,768	58%
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAMetro	0.96	$37,520	$34,805	57%
34	MissouriState	0.95	$30,680	$34,628	40%
35	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAMetro	0.95	$33,430	$34,535	58%
36	Kansas City, MO-KSMetro	0.95	$32,140	$34,634	48%
37	New JerseyState	0.93	$36,650	$33,686	59%
38	New YorkState	0.92	$37,420	$33,262	59%
39	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLMetro	0.92	$36,110	$33,281	68%
40	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHMetro	0.91	$37,610	$33,137	82%
41	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIMetro	0.90	$29,890	$32,774	49%
42	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMetro	0.90	$32,560	$32,724	55%
43	New HampshireState	0.89	$34,330	$32,387	55%
44	MichiganState	0.88	$29,640	$32,113	45%
45	OhioState	0.88	$28,960	$32,035	43%
46	ArkansasState	0.87	$27,180	$31,495	39%
47	KansasState	0.87	$28,520	$31,689	44%
48	WisconsinState	0.85	$28,540	$30,921	46%
49	AlabamaState	0.84	$26,440	$30,356	43%
50	MinnesotaState	0.84	$29,710	$30,316	52%
51	IndianaState	0.80	$26,320	$29,083	48%
52	IowaState	0.73	$23,720	$26,592	48%
53	AlaskaState	0.70	$26,350	$25,264	62%
54	OklahomaState	0.67	$21,590	$24,395	54%
55	UtahState	0.65	$23,660	$23,613	76%

Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).